Worked on the parking brake rebuild tonight. Finally got the backing plate cleaned and painted, and started rebuilding.
Found where Coolerman had written this up (missed it before). Picked up some tips. Suggest you use it
http://www.globalsoftware-inc.com/coolerman/fj40/34G.htm.
Put the pins and clips in to the shoes and two metal arms. 3 sets of pins/clips in total. Note the pads are upside down in the first photo to show how they are assembled.
I had to enlarge the holes in the pads to get the new pins to fit. Used a round file.
New Brake Cable
Then insert the brake cable thru the housing from the outside, attach using the thin clip, shown already wrapped around the indent in the cable.
Screw in the top spring retaining post with the large nut and washer, which goes on the outside back of the backing plate.
NOTE: Before assembling, go ahead and put some grease on the end of the pad backing plates where the notches meet the big post at the top, and where the sizing adjuster fits between the pads. Grease the surface where metal meets metal as in these two photos:
Grease me!
Put the assembled pads and arms onto the backing plate. The small notches on the end of the pads goes toward the large post. The large notches go toward the spacing adjuster at the bottom. Go ahead and file down the notches to make them larger, as your pads are going to drag on the brake drum, and you'll need every mm you can get.
Filing the notches
These are what need to be greased - the flat surfaces and curved surfaces near the ends.
Large notches at the bottom. Small notches fit around the top post first.
Attach the brake cable to the large arm in the small curved metal notch. You must pull the spring back from the button in the end of the cable and then slip the cable in the notch described above.
My cable kept slipping out. Suggest pulling out the slack from the handle end of the cable and wrapping a piece of tape around the exposed cable or using a vice grip to hold tension on the cable to hold some tension on the button end so it won't slip out again.
Vice Grips
Now insert the spacing adjuster between the bottom notches of the pads. Set it to the smallest gap, as shown. Don't forget to grease!
Attach the small pins through the rear of the backing plate to the holes in the pads. Secure with the v shaped clips. Push down with needle-nose pliers until the pin comes thru the notch, and then twist the pin tail 90 degrees to secure it.
Before you proceed, test fit the brake drum. Mine was really tight even after adjusting the gaps, but I could get it on and off. If it is tight, either get the gaps a bit larger by grinding the gaps on the metal backing of the pads, or grind down the pad surfaces a bit. Harder, but precision isn't necessary as it is just a parking brake.
After test fitting and being satisfied, re attach the springs. Needle nose pliers again do the trick. Hard, but strong thumbs to push the pliers help.
If you have it, put the rubber diaphragm on the adjuster screw to keep the elements out.
Rubber diaphragm came in the kit.
Finished
